U.S. military base in North Field, Tinian Island in Marianas Islands, South Pacific. 'Enola Gay' the B-29 bomber that dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, parked on the ramp. The fuselage of Enola Gay. Name Enola Gay painted on its nose. (World War II period).
United States Marine Corps of the 4th Tank Battalion in Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines fire at Japanese positions on the island. Smoke rises from target area. Green fields with sugarcane plantation in the foreground. The tanks fire into wooded areas.
United States Marine Corps of the 4th Tank Battalion in Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. A United States aircraft drops bombs over Japanese positions on the island. Fire and smoke rises from target areas. Green fields with sugarcane plantation on ground.
United States Marines of 5th Marine Regiment undergo landing practice in Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, in Pacific Theater, during World War II. Group of Marines head towards beach in amphibious vehicles. Number of amphibious vehicles head towards beach. Marine plots on a map. They listen to messages over a phone.
Wounded U.S. Marines on the beach in Eniwetok Island (sometimes spelled Eniewetok or Enewetak). Blood plasma being administered to wounded soldiers in open field and camp. Dead U.S. Marines. View of Eniwetok Island after battle. Men sitting on the beach and swimming. Dead Japanese soldiers. Damaged Japanese equipment including tanks. Bomb craters on the air strip are filled. Native people of the island. U.S. Marine prepare to leave the island. A marine pats a dog. U.S. Marine leaving the Eniwetok Island. (World War II period).
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. Wake Island on map. Formal Surrender of Japanese garrison on island. Marine officers at Wake Island. Flag raising ceremonies and wreckage of planes on islands. Officers present include USMC General Sanderson, Commander Cross, Commander Masek, Lieutenant Colonel Roberson, and Commander Walter Bayler (who had been the last American to leave Wake Island before its takeover by Japanese forces in December 1941).
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